Mop holder and wringer



Adg. 19, 1924.

P. EBELING MOP HOLDER'AND WRINGER Filed Jan. 21

Patented Aug. 19, 1924..

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To all whom it may concern. y Be it known that 1, PAUL FEELING, acitizen of Germany, residing at Boston. in the county of Suffolk andStateof Massa chusetts, have invented new and useful improvements in MopHoldersand .Wringers, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to a holder, and wringer for mops and has for itsobject to provide a device having a rotatable drum to which a mop issecured and around which it may be wound the said device also havingembodied therein means co-operating with said drum to wring moisturefrom said mop while the latter isbeing wound around said drum. I Theinvention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forthin the particularly following. specification and pointed out in theclaimthereo f. referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a' device,

embodying my invention, the handle thereof being broken away to savespace in the drawings.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation as viewed from the its of Fig. 1. y Fig.3 isa front elevation of amodified embodiment of my invention, the handlethereof being broken away to save space in! the drawings.

Fig. 1 is aside elevation of the device of Fig. 3 as viewed from theleft thereof.-

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, 5 represents aU-shaped main frame having a central portion 6 and parallel arms 7 and 8formed integral therewith.

The'frame is secured to a'handle 9 of any desired length by an angle bar10 to which the frame is riveted at 11., the angle bar, in turn, beingsecured to the handle 9 by a bolt 12. Botatably mounted upon the arm '7at the outer end thereof is a crank 13 to which a drum 14 is rigidlysecured in any desired manner. The drum 14% is preferably constructed ofwood and is located between the arms 7 and 8 of the frame 5 and the endof said drum adjacent to the arm. 8 is rotatably mounted in said armthroughthe medium of a screw 15 which extends through the arm 8 and into'the end of the drum 1 1.

A mop A composed of cloth, yarn, or

any other suitable material is fastened to the.

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drum 14 ina mannerto permit its being woundthe'rearound when the drum isrotated. The crank 13 is preferably bentat 16 to form anarml'? to theend of which is pivoted at 18 a handle 19, and when the crank 13 isrotated through the medium of the handle 19, the mop A is wound upon thedrum :ltas illustrated in Fig. 2. The. handle 19 is constructed of wireand bent Ushape,y the ends20 thereof ,being bent around the pivot 181andhen, 'not in use as a handle at which time. it occupies the positionillus j trated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 said handle is fastened to thecentral portion 6 of. the 'main' frame 5 by aflfasteningmemberQl asillus-y trated in full lines in Fig. 1. The fastening memberQl isrotatably secured to the frame;

5 and when 'itsis desired to secured the i i handle 19. the fasteningmember 21 is 1'0"; tatedto a. position as illustrated in dotted lines in1 and thehandle 19 swung thereoverafter which sa d fastening member isrotated to the positionillustratedin full lines insa-id Fig. land saidhandle is,

thereby held securedto the frame 5 and'at the same time the crank 13 anddrum 14..

thereon are also prevented from rotating upon the arms 7 and Sofsardframe.

-- Mounted upon the mainframe 5 is a "U- shaped' swinging frame 22having a central portion 23 and parallel arms '24 and formed integraltherewith. the swinging. frame 22 beinglocated within, the .main

frame 5. the arms 24. and "25 ofsaid swinging frame being pivoted at 26and 27 to the arms 7 and 8 respectively of said .main frame. g

A roller 28 is rotatablymounted at the outer end of the arms 24: and 25through the medium of screws29 which extend through said arms into saidroller, the roller and screws rotating in unison in said arms. Theroller QSfis preferably constructed of wood and is. adapted to contactwith the mop A as the latter; is wound around the'drum 14.

The swinging frame 22 has a handle 30 rigidly secured to the centralportion 23 thereof at 31and' said handle is grasped simul taneously withthe handle 9 to rock the swinging frame 22 to force the roller 28 intoengagement with'the mop A.

i In use, the mop A is unwound from the drum 14 and said drum isprevented from rotating by securing the handle 19 of the crank 13 to.the main frame 5 through the medium of the fastening member 21. If

position as illustrated in Fig. 1.

during the use of the mopit is desired to wring moisture from the same,the handle 19 is released from the fastening member 21 and said handleis moved to its dotted The crank 13 is'then rotated and the mop A woundtherearound as illustrated in Fig. 2. During this windingoperati0n,tl'1e"roller 28 is forced against the mop A by grasping thehandle 3O of the 'swinging'frame 22, sufficient pressure being appliedto said handle 30 to wring the moisture from the mop A as it is woundupon the drum 14.

In Figs. 3 and 4 another embodiment of myinvention is illustrated inwhich represents afU-shaped main frame having a central portion 36 andparallel arms 37 and 38' formed integral therewith; The frame 3'5;issecured to a handle 39 of any desired length by an angle bar 40 to whichthe frame 35 is riveted at 41, the angle bar, in turn, being secured tothe handle 39 bya bolt 42. Botatably mounted uponthe arm 37 attheflout'er end thereof is a crank 43 to which a' drum 44'is.rigidlysecured in any desired manner. The drum 1s constructed of woodand is located between the arms 37 and 38 and the endjzof said drumadjacent 'to' the arm 38 is rotatably mounted therein through themedium' of a screw 45 which projectsthrouglr said arm into said drum;The drum 44 has a mop B fastened thereto in any suitable manner.Thecrank 43' is bentat 46 to form an arm 47 to the end of which issecured a handle 48.

'lVIounted upon the main frame 35 is a U-shaped swinging frame 49 havinga central portion 50 and parallel arms 51 and 52 fans-ea i'ntegraltherewith. The swinging frame 49 is mounted to swing upon the exteriorof the main frame 35," the arms 51.

and 52 of said swinging frame being pivoted at 53 and 54 to the arms 37*and respectively of said main frame; A roller 55 s rotatably mountedupon the swinging frame 49, being secured at the outer ends the arms 51-and 52 through the medium of screws 56. cured-to the swinging frame 49and said handle is utilized in rocking the frame 51, e

to force the roller 55 against the mop B. The device illustrated inFigs. 3 and 4 is operated to wring moisture from the mop B in exactlythe same manner as previously described in connection with the device of:r

right angle portion of said crank and hav-' ing a mop attached thereto,means mounted at the other end of said drum to rotatably support saidend of said drum in said main frame, a U-shaped swinging frameembodyingtherein a pair ofparallel arms pivotally mounted upon the armsof said main frame to swing within the latter, a roller mounted uponsaid swinging frame and a handle for said swinging frame whereby thelatter may be rocked upon said main frame to force said roller intoengagement with said mop.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

, PAUL EBELING.

Witnesses FRANKLIN E. Low,

HAZEL'F. LAMUDGEQ A handle 57 is rigidly se-

